Detachable substance support for reciprocating carriage type slicing machines



Nov. 25, 1947. FOLK DETACHABLE SUBSTANCE SUPPORT FOR RECIPROCATINGCARRIAGE TYPE SLICING MACHINES Filed Aug. 50, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I 5nf-l I II I !!!!!iiiiii iiiiiiiiii- Nov. 25, 1947. FOLK 243L390 J.DETACHABLE SUBSTANCE SUPPORT FOR RECIPROCATING CARRIAGE TYPE SLICINGMACHINES Filed Aug. 30, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 means for supportingsubstance ..to be fed to the L slicing knife. More specifically the.invention re- Iates to a substance supportwhich is so -mounted forreciprocation to and fromlthe slicing knife that the substance supportmaynot only be piv- ....portions of themachine but may be-removedentirely to enablethe slicing of substance. of great- Patented Nov. 25,1947 c UNITED STATES ,OFFICE 1 DETAC AB U ANCE SUPPORT .FORRECIPROCATING CARRIAGE TYPE SLIC- ING MACHINES en ..F L P r;:Indsassi nt Slicing. Machine Company, La Porte, Ind.,a corporationof IndianaApplication August 30, 1943,Serial-No.- 500,520

1 Claim. (01.;146-402) l 2 This invention relates to slicing machinesem- .The particular slicing:.machine herein. shown ploying a rotaryslicing. knifeand particularly to for theipurposeofillustratingitheinvention:comprises a base H.5over whicha substancesupw' port [.2 is adapted .tobetreciprocated .ina recti- 5. linearpath;The substancesupport l2 issupported for: movement on a fixedguidel3preferably mounted :belowthempper surface Id of the base l L- Astationary,urotatably. mounted knife 151s. carriedby aknifesupportingbracket [6 which is 'secured to the base .HJIhe knifeoted about one of itsedges vto-clearimderlying er size than that whichthe substance support is designed to accommodate. ..,An object of thepresent invention is to providea simple, efficient and economicalmounting isoperativelytconnected. witha motor housed in the motor casingll. A gaugezplatetmot. shown) -may be mounted tothe left of-the knife l5(Fig. 2=)-in aplaneparallel-tothevertical-plane of the .for a substancesupport in which theasubstance one side thereof and is arranged for.movement in the slicing knife. and also; whennot in operation,

. ford easy access to the underlying portions of the asize greater thanthat which-the substance support is designed to accommodate.

l5 knife; and arranged-for adjustmentlaterally to i provide forslicingthe substance-into-slices of various-thicknesses. The gaugeplateand, the relation to a Test guidevaalongr its Opposite side manner.inwhichitis operated-orcontrolled are so that it can be y e procated toand from well known in the-artiand will not, therefore, be

furtherdescribed.

.The substancesupport, as shown, is arranged -for manual-reciprocationto convey substance to be cut.into-cutting-engagement witnthe knife andaway-therefrom. To provide a durable, light weight, readil-yoperable,portable machine suitable fora-=-widerange of: use, the substance sup- A-portismounted so that it :notzonlymaybe pivoted about oneof itsedges-to clearthetop -of'the base so that it can be'quickly cleanedbutmay be easilydetached tomake the-machine available for Jthecuttingmfpieces Qf substance-eXceeding the support is pivotally-vandslidably mounted along readily tilted about its pivotal mounting toafmachine.

A further object of the .inventionisto provide a readily detachablepivotal mounting for a sub: stance support: along one side thereof sothat it may be conveniently and quickly removed from the machine toenable-the slicing of substance of Additional objects, advantages andcapabili ties inherent in this invention will become readily. apparentfrom thedescription thereof which .follows.

: capacity ofthe; substance support.

tion, construction and arrangement of. :parts illustrated in theaccornpanying drawings,. and while there is shownthereinpreferredembodi- :ments of the invention, it, isto be understoodthat The guidel3, whichas shown in Fig. 4 is in --the form of acylindrical rod or shaft, is fixedly a mounted by means of pins. 18atits opposite ends in bored .bossesJB on the. innerside ofthe wallportion -20 'OfEthGbZ/SG ll. Acarriage 2| for the 40 substancesupport i2is .slidably mounted on the .zguide l3t Movement-of. the carriage 2|along the This invention further resides in the: combina the same aresusceptible of modification. and a e without departing from the spiritof the V invention.

The accompanying drawings illustrate a selected embodiment of theinvention, and the views therein are as follows:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of a device embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a. plan view of the device shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view partially in section, of the deviceshown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional View along the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a partial sectional view along the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

- 4 guide [3 maybe limited by means of a coil spring 22 mounted on eachend of the carriage 2! for sliding on the guide l3 and arranged toengage a bumper facing 23 of resilient material provided on the opposedfaces of the bosses H3.

The carriage 2| generally is in the form of a sleeve. In order toprovide for balanced sliding of the carriage 2| and to prevent rotationof it about the guide l3 the carriage 2| carries a bracket 48, which isrigidly secured to the carriage as by means of a screw 49, or may beformed integrally therewith. The end of the bracket 58 remote from thecarriage has a U-shaped or yoke portion 50 which is adapted to receive aguide 5| in sliding engagement. The guide 5| is rigidly mounted upon thebase II as by means of brackets 52 secured on the inner side of the baseII, or extending upwardly from the bottom of the base, and is arrangedin parallel relation with the guide l3.

The carriage 2| is provided with spaced arms 25 which extend outwardlythrough a slot 26 provided in the wall portion 24 of the base The arms25 are each provided withan enlarged outer end portion 21 having acentral recess 28 in one face adapted to receive an end of a threadedmember 29.

The substance support l2 has spaced supporting members or brackets 30,3|, on one side thereof. Each of these brackets is provided at its lowerend with an enlarged portion 32 having a longitudinally extendingcentral bore 33 adapted rotatably and slidably to receive a sleeve orbushing 34.

Each of the bushings 34 is internally threaded to receive a threadedmember 29, which is adjustable to secure the bushing to the portion 21of the arm 25. The arrangement is such that the substance support eithermay be pivoted with the brackets 30, 3| about the bushings 34 and thethreaded members 29 and thus swung clear of the top H of the base H ormay be wholly detached from the machine by manipulating the knobs 35 ofthe threaded members 29 to withdraw them from engagement with theportions 21 of the arms 25.

The substance support |2, which preferably extends in the form of atruss transversely of the machine, has an inclined supporting surface36. In order to provide a rigid substance supporting structure and avoiddeflection of the substance support due to the slicing operation andconsequent corrugation or irregularity of thickness of slices,counter-supporting means are provided for the substance supportingsurface. To this end a supporting frame 31 is provided on the side ofthe substance support opposite the members 30, 3|. This frame comprisesa depending portion 38, an inclined portion 39 and a horizontal portion40. The horizontal portion 40 is arranged so that its under side 4! willserve as a slide or shoe and freely slide or roll on a suitable supportmounted on the base II. This support, as shown in the drawings, may bein the form of a roller 42 rotatably mounted in a boss 43 provided in awall portion of the base II. A slot 44 is provided in the top of thebase and the roller is arranged to extend upwardly through the slot tohave rolling contact with the surface 4|. The boss 43 and the roller 42are preferably positioned so that the line of contact between the rollerand the surface 4| will lie in or closely adjacent to a planeperpendicular to the slicing plane of the knife l5 and the base of themachine where the slicing of the substance begins. The roller 42 thusprovides a counterill support for the substance support where mostneeded to prevent any deflection of the substance support due to theslicing operation.

The substance support has upwardly extending, angular flange portions45, 46 at the outer and lower edges of the supporting surface 36. Ahandle 41 is provided on the flange 46 for manually reciprocating thesubstance support during the substance slicing operation.

The substance support may be provided with suitable means (not shown)for urging substance against the gauge plate. Such means may be in theform of a spring actuated pusher, a ratchet actuated device, or otherconventional form of feeding device.

Changes may be made in the form, construction and arrangement of theparts without departing from the spirit of the invention, and the rightis hereby reserved to make all such changes as fairly fall within thescope of the following claim.

The invention is hereby claimed as follows:

A slicing machine comprising a base having a top surface, a slicingknife rotatably mounted on the base, motive means operatively connectedwith said knife to drive the knife, a rod carried by the base below thetop surface thereof, a carriage slidable on the rod, a substance supportnormally above the top surface of the base and adapted for to-and-froreciprocation in a rectilinear path substantially parallel to thecutting plane of the knife to convey a substance into slicing engagementwith the knife, means mounting said substance support on the carriageincluding arms fixed to the carriage and extending laterally from therod beneath the top surface of the base, and means pivotally mountingthe substance support on the outer ends of said arms below said topsurface for swinging movement relative to the carriage to an inoperativeposition away from the knife and to bare the upper surface of the base,said pivotal mounting means including manually removable pivot pinsdetachably connecting the substance support with the arms.

JOSEPH FOLK.

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